take umbrage (at something)OFFENDto be offended by something that someone has done or said, often without good reason 〔通常没有理由地〕(为某事)生气,(因某事)见怪
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take umbrage (at something)• Maynard angrily took umbrage at Campbell's remarks.• The Republicans, naturally, take umbrage at predictions about what they might do.• She took umbrage at his remarks, but made no attempt to get her figure back.• If they take umbrage, then they were never a properfriend in the first place.• Ever a stickler for protocol, he and his wifetook umbrage at the democraticetiquette of President Thomas Jefferson's administration.• He got on very well with the patients, and made them laugh without taking umbrage when they laughed at him.
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umbrage• The Republicans, naturally, take umbrage at predictions about what they might do.• If they take umbrage, then they were never a properfriend in the first place.• He got on very well with the patients, and made them laugh without taking umbrage when they laughed at him.• She took umbrage at his remarks, but made no attempt to get her figure back.• Ever a stickler for protocol, he and his wife took umbrage at the democraticetiquette of President Thomas Jefferson's administration.• She had been known to storm off sometimes, to take violentumbrage and depart.
Originumbrage
(1400-1500)Old FrenchLatinumbraticum“shade”, from umbrare“to shade”, from umbra“shade, shadow”